Season 3, Episode 6 (Episode 52)

Historic Rugs and Carpets: An Interview with Elisabeth Parker

Elisabeth Parker
“Shah Jahan,” signed “Bichitr,” c. 1630, Chester Beatty Library


“Carpet with Niche and Flower Design,” mid-17th century, India or Pakistan, Kashmir or Lahore, Metropolitan Museum of Art


“Carpet with Scrolling Vines and Blossoms,” c. 1650, Northern India or Pakistan, Kashmir or Lahore, Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Isfahan carpet, 17th century, Central Persia, sold at Christie’s in 2017

Weaving Persian rugs, isfahans.com 


Axminster carpet, late 18th or early 19th century, Axminster, England, Hali Archive


“Pazyryk Rug,” 4th-3rd century BC, Kazakhstan, Hermitage Museum


Table carpet fragment, late 16th century, British, Metropolitan Museum of Art


Pontremoli needlepoint rug, initialled J.M.P., second quarter 20th century, London, sold at Christie’s in 2018
Ming carpet, late Ming dynasty, Ningxia, first half 17th century, sold at Christie’s in 2020
“Stradbroke George III Axminster Carpet,” possibly after a design by James Wyatt, c. 1790, England, sold at Christie’s in 2020

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